Doomsday: I Build an Infinite Train.

Chapter 490 Mechanical Celestial Bodies
In the dark, silent void, Lin Xian's consciousness floated and sank in the nothingness.

As if time had been fast-forwarded, the shattered stars and dimensional fragments of the giant had long since vanished into the cosmos, leaving only the enormous, dark red head of the god, like the most tragic monument in the cosmic graveyard, slowly and eternally decaying in the cold vacuum, exuding a chilling aura of decay.

"Metal dice?"

Lin Xian was absolutely certain that the fleeting, cold metallic glint that swept past the head of the god was not an illusion. At this moment, his consciousness felt as if it were experiencing an earthquake, and he was unable to process what he had seen in a short time.

Gravitational lensing, planetary giants, dimensional fragments, the head of a god, and that terrifying beam of light...

What exactly is that?
Is it related to my own superpower connection, or did I see some other being?
I wanted to shout, I wanted to act, but I couldn't do it at all. It felt like I had completely lost my body and my self. This feeling was extremely uncomfortable.

At this moment, Lin Xian even had a thought: if this state remained unchanged, wouldn't he be eternally imprisoned in the deep space of the universe?

Lin Xian tried to sense his mechanical heart, but found no response.

"what happened……"

He couldn't even feel the passage of time, but Lin Xian had a strong feeling that this short period of time was definitely more than 10 hours!

At this moment, he suddenly thought of his Black Star Forge. After all, it was a skill linked to his consciousness. Could it play a role?
Lin Xian's consciousness sank, and suddenly, it was as if his consciousness entered a bubble that exceeded the speed of light. Countless stars turned into threads, and then the next moment, a huge dark red planet appeared in his vision, and his consciousness fell towards an area near the orbit of that huge planet.

As his consciousness slowed down, a black dot appeared in the previously empty area. The black dot then rapidly expanded, and an increasingly massive mechanical celestial body floating in deep space gradually began to occupy his vision. He saw a huge mechanical opening.

Black Star Forge!

Lin Xian's consciousness rushed in, the starry sky passage rotated, and his own creation sequence remained completely still.

"It can really connect to the Black Star Forge. How could such a large mechanical celestial body link with my consciousness and become my awakened skill?"

At this moment, Lin Xian finally became certain that his mechanical ability was definitely some kind of special 'creation' and had nothing to do with the dark energy mutation. In this light, mechanical devouring and mechanical creation were not divine abilities. It was very likely that some advanced mechanical civilization system was exerting its power, and he was just the operator.

However, even bigger questions arise: Who placed the Black Star Forge here? And who "bestowed" upon him this power capable of shaking the stars?
With a hint of doubt, Lin Xian tried to control his consciousness to wander within the Black Star Forge. At this moment, his consciousness seemed to break free from some kind of original restriction and could fly into the depths of the Black Star Forge to explore.

As he continued downwards, his consciousness traversed the energy base stream, as if entering the blood vessels of a mechanical celestial body. After an unknown amount of time, his vision suddenly cleared, and a scene that shocked him appeared before his eyes.

Countless enormous, breathtaking metal structures, like the skeletons of prehistoric beasts, intertwine and extend, forming a celestial core with terrifying breadth. The interior seems to follow some cold, efficient, and extremely aesthetic design. The rough alloy trusses are kilometers in diameter, and countless mechanical arrays, as fine as scales, extend all the way to the horizon.

It was as if ten of humanity's most magnificent steel cities had been compressed, twisted, and welded into a sealed metal planet! Its diameter was more than a few hundred kilometers? Perhaps even a thousand? Lin Xian's consciousness tried his best to "climb" upward, attempting to gain a macroscopic perspective, but he couldn't see the bottom at all. At the center of the 'core cavity' of this mechanical celestial body, there was a device that looked incredibly sophisticated, seemingly some kind of core.

Four beams of energy extend horizontally in four directions, and in the central region, some tiny particles appear to be penetrating the core from top to bottom.

"Director Ding is right. All theology can be explained by science. Now, perhaps this can explain why I can devour thousands of machines and create things out of thin air..."

Lin Xian's consciousness seemed to sigh: "But if this is what I observed in the evolution of the crystal lattice, does it mean that my mechanical heart is actually inseparable from the dark civilization? Is it itself a kind of power of the dark civilization?"

"Holy crap!" Lin Xian was struck hard by his own deduction. "So, my Black Star Forge...could it be...the 'mothership' from the legends of the Dark Civilization?!"

Lin Xian was clearly startled by this thought. He tried his best to find more possibilities, but his rational mind was becoming increasingly panicked by this terrible thought. If his guess was true, then all his previous ideas—upgrading the mechanical heart and creating weapons that surpassed human technology to deal with the dark civilization—wouldn't they sound like a joke?
He believes that the reliance that exists independently of all superhumans may very well be the core of the enemy.
Controlling the South Heavenly Gate to kill the corpse drivers

Oceanus suddenly changed its target

His strange attitude at the party
Could this be the truth that Hua Xiaoling has been trying to tell him all along?
"No! Absolutely not!"

Lin Xian's consciousness rapidly rose, and he was in complete disarray. He thought of what Chu Yan had said about the defection of high-ranking officials. If Lin Xian's guess was correct, then all his hopes and schemes were a joke. Humanity had no chance of fighting back. Faced with such a collapse of faith, joining the Advent Faction was not defection for them at all, but rather the right choice to accept the new civilization.

The more Lin Xian thought about it, the more terrifying it became. He found it hard to accept this fact, but the more he refused to accept it, the more things he couldn't understand before started to pop up and hit him hard.

"The enemy and we are of the same origin, which is why I was able to transform Radio 1542 into a heterogeneous Rubik's Cube?"

"So my mechanical heart can convert dark energy into mechanical source points?"

Lin Xian even conjured up an even more terrifying idea: the resources and mechanical source points he acquired through devouring were, to some extent, scanning the technology of Earth's structure for the 'Dark Civilization,' and improving their 'mothership' and understanding of human technology. And the upgrade of the Mechanical Heart was, in effect, a process of self-iteration?!
"No, no no!"

At this moment, Lin Xian was caught in a frenzy of self-doubt and a collapse of his beliefs. He felt his consciousness becoming uncontrollable and blurry, and began to dart around in the energy beams of the mechanical celestial bodies, as if he had fallen into an icy sea.

My consciousness suddenly plummeted!

Through the cold, heavy void…

A pale blue arc of electricity flashed through the meshing gears…

A dark purple river of light flowed across the surface of the solidified energy pipe…

Passing through countless mechanical manufacturing production lines...

Just as Lin Xian's consciousness was completely out of control and he was about to leave the Black Star Forge and fly out into the endless depths of space, he suddenly locked onto a direction in the starry sky passage of the Black Star Forge.

In that direction was the area where Lin Xian collected and stored mechanical creations or other items, and in a corner of that area, there was a lead box.

Inside was that metal die!

"The giant was shattered. This thing was definitely a human creation, which means that my previous hypothesis about the existence of a third force is very likely!"

Lin Xian's consciousness began to stop dissipating. Like a drowning person grasping at a last straw, this thought, with overwhelming force, cleaved through the chaos and despair in Lin Xian's mind! "No, not just very likely, it's absolutely possible!!!"

Lin Xian's consciousness began to stabilize, and he seemed to regain control. He then quickly flew into the starry sky passage of the construction sequence. He picked up the lead box and opened it. At this moment, he found that the metal dice inside were changing direction in an indescribable illusory state. One moment the number 6 was facing up, and the next the number 4 was facing up. This unobservable afterimage state was repeatedly presented, as if time was flowing rapidly.

What do 6 and 4 represent?

"6:04? June 4th?"

"What exactly does this mean? Is it trying to send me some kind of message?"

No one responded, and Lin Xian had no answer.

This metal die left Lin Xian with a last shred of faith. Although his previous thoughts had left him feeling uneasy, this last bit of faith was enough to make him question his previous ideas. As long as there was doubt, hope still existed.

Tick ​​tick tick~
In the starry passage of the Black Star Forge, the black Infinity silently floated. Lin Xian sat in the cockpit of the Giant Whale 03E heavy gas turbine locomotive, feeling the vibrations from the pendulum clock. The time calculated on it indicated that he had been trapped in his Black Star Forge for more than three months.

The holographic screen was filled with various numbers and formulas. During this time, he tried everything he could to wake up from the Black Star Forge. He also tried to call out to Chu Yan, Grace, and Viola, but all to no avail.

As time passed day by day, Lin Xian even used Viola's computing power to simulate and calculate everything he saw: planetary giants, star heads, the spatial orientation of the leaps...

However, there was not much effective progress. Although Viola's learning module contained knowledge of high-energy physics, humanity's exploration of astronomy and cosmology as a whole was still very rudimentary. In addition, he did not have professional equipment, so apart from being able to calculate the derivation of the structural mechanics of some mechanical celestial bodies that could not exist on Earth, he was of no use.

Lin Xian's mood became extremely anxious. He sat alone in the corner of the room, while the manufacturing sequence outside operated silently.

Outside the cockpit window, 3000 "Iron Man and Dragon Woman" combat mechs were neatly arranged. This terrifying mechanical army exuded an oppressive sense of power. In the past three months, Lin Xian had been constantly manufacturing mechs in the Black Star Forge. He had even spent a lot of effort repairing the Infinite. The damage he had suffered in the Super Vortex had been perfectly repaired. He had even built an orbital quake cannon on the traction locomotive.

Lin Xian's original plan was to start building his own mechanical army without wasting any time while waiting for the crystal lattice to evolve, but Lin Xian did not expect that this wait would last for three months!

So much time has passed that Lin Xian can no longer convince himself that the time in the Black Star Forge and the outside world are not the same thing. The idea that he only slept for ten hours has long since disappeared in the torment of the whole night.

"...Three months, is Blue Star still around? Hah." A bitter laugh, full of bitterness and self-mockery.

Lin Xian leaned back in the driver's seat, looking at the mecha army outside. The last production line of the manufacturing sequence had also stopped operating, which meant that all the materials in his materials center had been used up, but he still hadn't woken up.

"Teacher Chen...KIKI...Dalou...Brother Huo..."

Lin Xian rubbed his forehead in despair. If he had a physical body, he would definitely feel his head throbbing with pain.

But now he doesn't even know if his physical body is still alive. Perhaps his consciousness has long existed in the Black Star Forge, as if it had been uploaded to the mycelium network.

During this time, he tried various methods, and even considered directly activating the flash bullets. At least returning to Earth's near-Earth orbit was a better option than staying in this place.

But it didn't work at all; he couldn't sense the presence of any of the forbidden objects, which was why he couldn't contact Grace.

Ding~Ding~
Extreme frustration and uncontrollable despair finally erupted. Lin Xian abruptly stood up and kicked away the things he had been studying: black gears, a heavy-suspension fluid container, and a civilization rehearsal sphere...

He strode through the silent cockpit, pushed open the connecting door, and entered carriage number 2. All the multi-screen displays in the information center were black. The girl who used to love eating lollipops and bickering with him on the swivel chair was now just a memory. The TV and game console in the entertainment area of ​​carriage number 2 were all things he had scavenged from Jiang City Furniture City and Yuchi Digital City.

Lin Xian passed through the No. 3 and No. 4 Cole 3 biological science research carriages and arrived at No. 5 carriage. This carriage was the last carriage from which his Infinite departed. It had undergone several large-scale renovations. The hydraulic tailgate had long been removed. It could be said that in order to enter the ocean orbit, it had been basically transformed into a brand new carriage.

The rooms in the building and Lu Xingchen's tea room were also empty, and Lin Xian, as a single consciousness, had no way to brew tea.

Looking up at the roof of the elevator car, Lin Xian's consciousness traveled through to the 1130 close-in weapon system and G3 electromagnetic railgun hidden beneath the armor. These were all things he had painstakingly built one by one, which helped them fight their way out during the train's escape.

“Crystal lattice evolution…” Lin Xian sighed softly, “If I haven’t evolved, it seems to prove that my mechanical abilities have no connection with the dark civilization.”

"The problems I was worried about before are probably not problems anymore."

"Sigh, it seems pointless to talk about this now. My Mechanical Heart finally reached level 7 after a lot of effort, and I haven't even used the new skill once. I wonder how everyone else is doing..."

Just then, Lin Xian suddenly froze, his gaze fixed on the roof armor of the Infinite.

"Power resonance? My new skill seems to allow me to generate energy resonance with machinery..."

Lin Xian muttered to himself, then realized something, abruptly looked up at the starry passage, and a crazy idea popped into his head.
"Holy crap, could it be that my consciousness is engulfing the Black Star Forge, which is why I can't wake up?"

This terrifying mechanical celestial body...

As soon as this crazy, absurd thought arose, Lin Xian immediately realized what it meant and tried to control the Black Star Forge with his consciousness.

Just then, a terrifying shockwave rippled through the vacuum, and Lin Xian was shocked to see that the entrance to the Starry Sky Passage in front of him was slowly turning around, just like before. A few minutes later, the outline of a terrifying dark red planet slowly covered the entrance to the Black Star Forge, and the space suddenly darkened!
At the same time, the Mechanical Heart, which had not been lit for a long time, lit up with a message.

[PXTH-08611 Iron-Nickel Planet has been calibrated. A strong gravitational source has been detected. The first-stage stardust furnace construction protocol is ready. Please confirm: Execute the gravity capture procedure? Initiate the first-stage stardust furnace construction?]

Looking at the information before him, Lin Xian's eyes widened, a chill ran through the depths of his consciousness, and he let out a cold sigh.

"Damn it!"

(End of this chapter)